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Women's Health Concern
4-6 Eton Place
Marlow
Bucks
SL7 2QA
Tel (office): 01628 478 473
Web: www.womens-health-concern.org
Women's Health Concern is the UK's leading charity providing help and advice to women on a wide variety of gynaecological, urological and sexual health conditions.
Women's Health Concern e-mail counselling service provides unbiased information to women to help them understand more about their problems, allowing them to feel confident about discussing the diagnosis process and treatment options with their doctor. They also provide a variety of factsheets covering many problems. The factsheets can be downloaded from the website or requested from a helpline nurse. Titles include:
- Abortion
- Androgen Deficiency (hypoactive sexual desire disorder or HSDD)
- Bacterial Vaginosis
- Breast Cancer : Risk Factors
- Breast Care and Self Examination
- Complementary/Alternative Therapies fo Menopausal Women
- Cervical Cancer
- Cervical Screening
- Contraception
- Coronary Heart Disease and Women
- Cystitis
- Endometrial Ablation
- Endometriosis
- Female Incontinence
- Fibroids (Myomata)
- Heavy Periods
- HRT
- Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
- Hysterectomy
- Infertility
- Menopause
- Osteoporosis
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Cysts
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Period Pain
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Thrush
- Uterine Polyps
- Uterine and Vaginal Prolapse
- Vestibulodynia (Vulval Pain)
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